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A £1.5 million grant that will help a group of churches pay for items such as solar panels and heat pumps has been recently announced by the Benefact Trust. The grant-giving charity will provide additional support over two years to up to 60 ‘demonstrator’ churches who in turn will lead the way in inspiring and...

Brothers and sisters, …Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. (Galatians 6 1-3) I am always interfering, in situations where I should not. Sorry, but I do. It is probably because of the job I...

The rise in lone working and the insecurity of increasing numbers of jobs are “making millions of us poorer and ill,” says a new report from Christian-based think tank, Theos. In ‘The Ties That Bind’ Theos looks at how better work can be created “by paying attention to the social dynamics – the love, even...

Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, has been appointed as the Lord High Commissioner to the 2024 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, a decade after he last took on the role of royal representative at the annual gathering. The Lord High Commissioner is the Sovereign’s personal representative to the General Assembly of the...

Aldhelm is the saint for you if you are intelligent but unconventional. Aldhelm was born in 640, into a family closely related to Ine, the King of Wessex. Educated at the monastic community in Malmesbury in Wiltshire, he went for further study in Canterbury. He proved a brilliant student and was sent back to Malmesbury...

Two hundred years ago, on 7th May 1824, the first performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 took place in Vienna. It is regarded as Beethoven’s greatest work and is one of the most-performed symphonies in the world. This last of his symphonies is known for its revolutionary structure and majestic emotion, and it...

For the first time since the Black Death killed about 50 million people in the mid-1300s, the world’s population is going to decline. According to experts, global fertility rates have hit an historic tipping point, and seem unlikely to recover. Millions of women are simply having less children. The global population currently stands at just...

Praise my soul the King of heaven, To His feet thy tribute bring; Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, Evermore his praises sing. Alleluia!  Alleluia! Praise the everlasting King. Praise Him for His grace and favour To our fathers in distress; Praise Him, still the same as ever, Slow to chide and swift to bless. Alleluia!  Alleluia!...

Signs and Promises Prayer for May 2024 Prove it In The Year that King Uzziah Died May Bank Holidays A poetic prayer for Pentecost ** Signs and Promises (Mark 13:5-13, Rev 21:4,22:20) ‘The one who endures to the end will be saved.’ Earthquakes, explosions, Tsunamis and terror, Nation rising against nation, Dictators destroying their own,...

The British writer G K Chesterton was born 150 years ago, on 29th May 1874, in Kensington, West London. A novelist, short story writer, philosopher and critic, he was best known for his Father Brown stories, popular now through their adaptation for television. He thought of himself as a journalist with good reason, composing 30...

O Eternal God… enlighten with Thy Grace the Wardens of this church, and so rule their minds and guide their counsels, that in all things they may seek Thy Holy Will… Amen. O Lord, …we beseech Thee to bless all who, …give themselves to the service of their fellow worshipers. Endue them with wisdom, patience...

Augustine, a 6th century Italian prior, holds a unique place in British history. He became the ‘apostle to the English,’ although it was with great reluctance. In 596 Augustine was chosen by Pope Gregory to head a mission of monks whom he wanted to send to evangelise the Anglo-Saxons. Augustine was not a bold man,...